Morad Awad – Don’t be like the Crazy Woman
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The Muslim community is focused on preserving their motivation and connection with Allah during the blessed month of centers, pursuing 15 defensive routes, and showing their faith in serving and faith in others. They stress the importance of showing unity, faith, and serving in order to achieve victory and achieve success. The importance of fasting during the season of Shawwal and not wake up until l dated is also emphasized. The need to show gratitude and serving is emphasized, and the importance of not taking things apart and not showing the worst of oneself is emphasized.
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We praise Allah
and we send the best of peace and
blessings upon our noble prophet, Muhammad alaihis salat
wa salam.
And I remind myself and your selves on
this holy day of Yomul Jum'ah, after the
blessed month of Ramadan,
and in these blessed days of Shawwal,
to fear Allah
To fear Allah the way he should be
feared, and to not die except in the
state of submission to him. We ask Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala that we all die in
the state, ameen.
We ask Allah to make us of those
who utter La ilaha illallah Muhammad Rasulullah
before their soul leaves their bodies. Ameen You
Rabbi Alameen.
Do not
be like the crazy woman
is the title of today's khutba.
Do not be
like the crazy woman.
This crazy woman is someone I will speak
about later on in the Khutba.
But first,
I want to remind myself and yourselves, my
dear beloved brothers and sisters
of the blessings
that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala bestowed upon us
during the holy month of Ramadan.
Alhamdulillah.
This past month of Ramadan
was a very blessed one especially coming
after 2 years
of separation from the masjid
during the month of Ramadan.
As we all know last year
was not the ordinary
Ramadan.
But Alhamdulillah,
this year was revived.
We came back to the masajid,
and we showed Allah
the best of us. We showed Allah our
dedication.
We showed Allah our devotion.
We showed Allah our patience and steadfastness in
worshiping Him in hopes that Allah will forgive
us
for the times that had passed,
and the times that we were away from
his masjid.
We wanted to reintroduce ourselves
to the angels
of the masajid
in this blessed month of Ramadan.
Alhamdulillah.
The blessing
of praying in jama'ah.
The blessing
of fasting from for 30 days
and only wanting and seeking the reward from
Allah.
The blessing
of observing
an act of worship
that a quarter of earth's population
observes.
In unity,
in the strongest
show of unity,
this world can show. SubhanAllah.
Imagine all of the Muslimeen
despite their levels of practicing Islam,
despite
their location,
despite their cultural background,
everyone observes the fast on this holy month
of Ramadan.
Is there any show
stronger than the show?
Is there any way of uniting the ummah
like this? Wallahi.
If it weren't for Allah, these hearts will
never come together for anything. Wallakinallaha
illafabaynaum.
Only
Allah can bring these hearts together
in unisons
to observe a single act of worship
that is only
devoted to Allah.
As none of us benefit
from fasting, from leaving food and drink, we
get tired, we get weak, we have work.
But we all want Allah's pleasure. Alhamdulillah
rubbilalalamin,
first and foremost.
But one of the greatest prayer one of
the greatest
blessings during the month of Ramadan is the
5 daily prayers.
These 5 daily prayers
are the greatest
These are the greatest
actions a person can do after the shahada.
The greatest pillar of Islam after
is
salah.
And it is
one of the most important
actions that is required of every Muslim and
Muslim.
There's no doubt that after the blessed month
during the blessed month of Ramadan, we witness
an increase in salah.
As we see the numbers of muslimeen inside
the masajid rise
to higher numbers than they were before Ramadan,
Perhaps even doubling.
Perhaps even doubling.
But it's only a matter of time
before shaitan gets back to work once again.
And these numbers begin to trickle away slowly
until we're back to the way we were
before Ramadan.
And this is why
brothers and sisters,
we need
to try our best
to preserve
the motivation,
to preserve the connection
that we had
with Allah
in the month of Ramadan
and not allow
shaitan
to demotivate us,
to get us away from Allah, to make
us lose the drive that we had.
Do you know brothers and sisters how many
salaas we prayed
during the month of Ramadan?
We prayed
150 obligatory prayers.
And if you prayed most of them in
the masjid, Alhamdulillah. Imagine,
150
salahs in the masjid.
Or imagine most of them being in the
masjid, Allahu Akbar. That's a big number.
We prayed between the combination
of
Farhd and Nafil.
How many raka'ah did we pray
in the month of Ramadan? If we observe
taraweeh and we did our sunan, we prayed
perhaps more than 1200
raka'ah
in a single month.
If you felt things were working your way
during Ramadan,
then no, it is because
of your connection with Allah. Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala said, fathkuruni
azkurkum.
When you remember Allah,
Allah remembers you and he gives you tawfiq.
This is what we did during this month
of Ramadan.
So
we thank Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that he
chose us to worship him.
Alhamdulillah
that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala made us from
those who worshiped him in the month of
Ramadan. Say, Alhamdulillah.
Because if we thank Allah, Allah increases us.
So we keep saying, Alhamdulillah,
Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah.
This should be our our dhikr
after Ramadan. Alhamdulillah that we were allowed to
pray. Alhamdulillah we were allowed to finish qiyam.
Alhamdulillah we were allowed to fast all of
the days of Ramadan. Alhamdulillah,
Alhamdulillah. Because
with Alhamdulillah, Allah will only increase us.
Oh, you
who left Ramadan
with
higher Iman
and with a purer heart. Oh, you
who shed a tear of tawba
while in salah,
while witnessing khushuah during your salah in the
month of Ramadan.
Oh, you who made a promise
during the month of Ramadan
to stay on the straight path
during the whole year. Oh, you who made
a promise to drop a bad habit. Oh,
you who changed the routine
to a better routine.
The time is now to prove whether that
tree, that tear was honest,
whether that promise was true, whether
that dedication and devotion
will go in vain or will
be the way you wanted it to be.
Your acceptance
of Ramadan depends on your motivation
and your devotion
right now.
As many scholars say,
the way an action
is known to be accepted or not is
to see after it. If the person is
better after it then that means it is
a sign from Allah that your action was
accepted.
If it
If a person goes back to their old
ways, that means the
the action was insincere.
That means the action was insincere
and the proof of it is that the
person went back to their old ways right
after it.
So for those who made the promises and
shed the tears and made the tawba and
purified their hearts and connected to their kin,
all of these people,
now is the time to prove to yourself
and to Allah that what you did was
sincerely for His sake.
The time is now. It starts today.
We
had some fun yesterday. Some of us went
to sleep.
But
was 8 day today
is the time
to
prove ourselves.
Show Allah that you are honest in the
promises that you made. And do not ever
fall back on your heels
after this dedication and devotion.
Salah
is the most important action
and the
most established connection to Allah. Salah,
my dear beloved brothers and sisters
is
the only
is is the
the strongest symbol
of unity amongst this ummah
that is divided and fragmented.
You see what's going on all over the
world.
Standing in salah in straight rows
and remembering Allah together 5 times a day
is the strongest symbol of unity we can
show the world.
Leaving salah only contributes to the disunity and
fragmentation
of this ummah.
Leaving salah contributes
towards the separation and the division of the
hearts.
Whereas establishing salah brings the hearts together. Establishing
salah connects us to Allah. Establishing
salah
connects the ummah with each other. And wallahi
were in dire need
in these times more than any other time
to return to Allah and show unity.
Because if we show unity,
wallahi, nothing can defeat us
with the help of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
With the show of unity,
If Allah makes you victorious,
then nothing can defeat you.
With this
is victory.
With this
is unity.
So the we need we need to show
Allah
the best from us.
In a
profound
parable,
in Surat Al Nahl,
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
tells us a story of a crazed woman
that lived during the time of the prophet
salallahu alaihi wa sallam. That the sahaba knew
about.
The reason
they called her a crazy woman
is because she was a master at what
she did. Astaghfirullah.
We all want to be masters, right? Of
what we do.
She was a master at making rugs
and weaving things.
But subhanallah,
this woman unlike any other
rug maker or weaver
in the area,
she would make the most beautiful rugs. It
would take her days,
weeks, and maybe months even
to make it. But subhanAllah, once she completes
it, and it's a beautiful work of art,
it's a mastery. Subhanallah.
She one thread at a time, she would
take it apart.
She just make the rugs and then take
them apart. Make them and take them apart.
And Allah gave the example of this crazy
woman when he said,
Do not be like the woman
who took what she made
after putting so much strength and so much
effort into it, so much time and energy.
After she did everything,
she took it all apart.
She took it all apart.
Who is this example for?
This example,
brothers and sisters, is for the person
who devotes themselves
to one action,
to the pleasure of Allah,
who devotes themselves to that which is good
and then right after they take it all
apart.
This parable is for the one who prays
their 5 daily prayers
during the month of Ramadan. But after Ramadan,
one at a time just like the crazy
woman,
they what? They take it one threat at
a time until there's nothing left.
First, they leave fajr, then they leave Isha,
then they leave
Asar, then they leave one salah at a
time until there's no salas left. By next
Ramadan, they need to make a new tawba
all over again and start praying.
This is not the way to do it,
brothers and sisters.
Let's not be like the crazy woman. Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala said that you weave, you
made something beautiful.
Brothers and sisters, we made something beautiful in
Ramadan.
Perhaps that tear that came down, that sincere
tawba, that moment
of clarity that we had in salah where
we felt like real servants of Allah,
that moment
was only the beginning of many moments in
our life.
So let's not
take them apart.
Let's be consistent
and let's continue what we started
so that Allah can only increase us in
iman, in devotion,
in worship, in servitude.
And perhaps,
if we show Allah the best of us,
He will make us the generation.
The generation of the spread of Islam,
the generation of victory,
the generation
that will be remembered in history as the
generation
that fixed everything up for the future
rather than the generation
that destroyed everything and toppled it down.
We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to make
us
from this generation.
This generation
of service to Allah. This generation
who can set an example for future generations.
We ask Allah
to purify our hearts. We ask Allah
to have mercy on us and forgive us.
We ask Allah to accept our deeds in
Ramadan. We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to
make us from those who remain steadfast
after Ramadan.
I seek Allah subhanahu ta'ala's forgiveness and you
should too as well.
Brothers and sisters, I remind myself and yourselves
to fear Allah once again. To fear Allah
in everything we do and specially in our
connection with Allah
in salah.
Brothers and sisters, there is
missing salah
is a crime in and of itself.
But there's a particular salah that if we
leave it,
it will void all of the actions we
do in that day.
And that salah is salatul Asr.
It was narrated
that the Prophet
said, Whoever leaves
Whoever leaves
then his actions for that day were void.
Allahu Akbar.
Salatul-'asr?
Yes. Salatul-'asr.
Why salatul-'asr
from Allah's wisdom? Perhaps because we're busy all
day, perhaps because we're in the middle of
the grind,
perhaps because it's time is between
and maghrid, it's right in the middle, so
we can pass it up. It's not like
where we can delay.
Right? Or fajr when we wake up and
go to work. No.
His salatul asr.
In another hadith,
the Prophet
said, and he gave us
a very
graphic example.
He said, The crime of leaving salatul al-'asr
is like
You see that the meaning, the pain that
we're gonna feel on the day of judgment
by leaving salatul asr is the same feeling
a person will get
when they
lose their parents,
their wife, and their children.
Imagine all of them dying one time.
You see that pain?
See that remorse? See that that
Yeah. I mean, the the feeling,
the emotions
a person has when they lose everyone related
to them,
everyone close to them. So that feeling
is the closest feeling
you will have to when you see
how
to to when you see that you missed
When a person does not see a salatul
asr yomul kiyama,
it's like that.
That's why the Prophet
made this connection. He gave us this example
so we can imagine.
So we can imagine Ikhwan.
Just think for a second going home right
now.
Right now it's Jum'ah.
The next salah is salatul Asr.
Imagine a person does not pray the next
salah, salatul Asr. Goes home from Jum'ah and
it's over.
The
Prophet said, it's going to be equal
to the to the feeling if you go
home right now, and you find out all
of your family is dead.
May Allah protect our families.
Imagine.
No one wants to feel like this. But
the Prophet
is giving us these examples
so that we may remember.
Only the ones with a sound intellect,
ululalbaab,
are the ones that remember.
We ask Allah to make us from them.
And briefly and quickly,
brothers and sisters,
from the sunan of this month of Shawwal
is the fasting of the 6 days of
Shawwal. The prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam said,
whoever
fasts the 6 whoever fast Ramadan
and then fast the 6th day of Shawwal.
6 days of Shawwal,
then it is as if they fasted
the whole year.
It is it it is as if they
fasted the whole year.
Aman, we can fast them all together, 6
days together, or we can fast them separate
like Monday, Thursday, or the 3 white days,
and do 3 other random days. That's fine
inshallah.
But because
they are a sunnah mu'akada,
unlike the regular nafil, we have to make
the intention before fajr. It's better to do
the intention
before fajr, the same way we did for
Ramadan.
So we can't wake up and then wait
till luhr and say, okay. I might as
well just fast the rest of the day
and count it as one of the days
of Shawwal. No. That's for a nafil
outside, but this is a sunnah
so we make the intention before. Also,
if someone missed a day or 2 days
or a few days in Ramadan,
then they should make those days up before
the 6 days of Shawwal. They shouldn't do
the 6 days of Shawwal first.
Right? So we should make up the days
that we missed.
And a reminder
to my brothers and sisters,
and I know you already are.
But in these in these days,
our ummah is going through very hard times.
Our ummah
is going through very hard times.
Alhamdulillah.
With the barakah of Ramadan, we saw many
things happen around the world. But I want
my
brothers and sisters to remember
their brothers and sisters in Palestine
as they are going through some very hard
times.
And our masjid,
al masjid al aqsa,
the qibla, the first qibla of the muslimeen,
and the longest qibla
our Prophet
prayed towards.
He lived, he was a messenger for 23
years.
Fourteen of them, he was praying towards Masjid
Al Aqsa before it switched to Makkah.
Most of the life of the Prophet shalallahu
alaihi wa sallam, the qiblah was towards this
masjid. The 3rd holiest site in Islam.
Allah mentioned in the Quran
as,
The holy land, the blessed land.
These people are going through struggles, hard times.
But
with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala's help, we're going
to see his miracles there.
Tomorrow is very near for those who can
ponder and reflect.
This
occupation and this apartheid
of Al Masjid Al Aqsa of Al Qudsbi
izznillah will end soon. And insha'allah, we make
dua on this blessed day of Yomul Jumaa
that Allah unites us in this gathering here
in al Masjidul Aqsa al Mubarak.
In yawmaljumaa in al masjid al aqsa amin
yarabil aalameen. We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
to aid and assist and help our brothers
and
sisters in Palestine.
We ask Allah
to be of aid and assistance to them.
We ask Allah
to rid Al Masjid Al Aqsa and to
rid Palestine of its occupation. We ask Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala
to help and assist all of our oppressed
brothers and sisters around the world, in China,
in Burma, in Kashmir, in Afghanistan,
in Iraq, in Syria,
in Yemen,
in Libya, all over the world. We ask
Allah to help them. Allahumma
You Rabb, we ask you on this holy
day of Yomul Jum'ah. After the holy month
of Ramadan,
to not let the next Ramadan come except
that we see their pains relieved.
And their
people
the prisoners returned to their families, and the
sick of them cured.
We ask Allah
to unite us with our brothers and sisters
in the best of ways, in the best
of affairs, in a day where we can
all come together,
Still
wetted.
Just a quick reminder
for one of,
the mother of one of our community members.
Her name is sister Sadia Qurashi. She's the
mother of Qadr Qurashi
and Nasir Qurashi. She's in the ICU. May
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala give her a shifa.
A shifa.